What does לֵבָב · נֶפֶשׁ mean in the Bible?
לֵבָב · נֶפֶשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "With all your heart and with all your soul — the whole-person covenant devotion formula".
Hebrew · H3824, H5315
בְּכָל-לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל-נַפְשֶׁךָ
The heart (as the most interior organ); · properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
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לֵבָב H3824 the heart (as the most interior organ);
Pronunciation lēbāb
The seat of intellect, emotion, and will—Israel's innermost self where covenant loyalty and moral choice originate.
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נֶפֶשׁ H5315 properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Pronunciation nafsho
Vitality or lifeforce of a creature; ranges from physical breath to desire, appetite, and personal identity or selfhood.
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What does בְּכָל-לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל-נַפְשֶׁךָ (bekhol-levavkha uvkhol-nafshekha) mean in the Bible?
לֵבָב · נֶפֶשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "With all your heart and with all your soul — the whole-person covenant devotion formula".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3824, H5315?
H3824, H5315 is connected to 1,009 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. With all your heart and with all your soul — the whole-person covenant devotion formula
Strong's H3824, H5315
Lexical occurrences 1,009 verses Source Gloss
With all your heart and with all your soul — the whole-person covenant devotion formula
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּכָל-לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל-נַפְשֶׁךָ is built from these roots:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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